公开(公告)号：US20230119538A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17503236

申请日：2021-10-15

Applicant: Netflix, Inc.

Inventor： Ishaan Shastri ,  James Schek

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/715

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method includes determining that incoming media item requests are to be skewed from a random distribution among server nodes, using a random distribution algorithm, to a directed distribution among the server nodes. The method then includes identifying, in a loading assignment, which media items are to be loaded onto specific server nodes to produce the directed distribution of media item requests. The method next includes preloading the identified media items onto the server nodes according to the loading assignment and receiving media item requests for the preloaded media items. The method then includes routing the received media item requests to the server nodes using the random distribution algorithm, where the random distribution algorithm is skewed to the directed distribution based on the preloading of the media items according to the identified loading assignment. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11606309B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US17352070

申请日：2021-06-18

Applicant: Netflix, Inc.

Inventor： Lara Deek ,  Ishaan Shastri ,  Mohit Vora

IPC: H04L47/726 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04N21/238 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04L65/75 ,  H04L65/612

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method includes accessing information related to a playback session in which at least a portion of requested multimedia content is streamed over a network to a client electronic device. The method further includes accessing network topology information for the network to identify which route through the network was used to provide the requested multimedia content during the playback session, including indicating which end node was used to provide the multimedia content. Still further, the method includes accessing network steering factors that indicate why the requested multimedia content was steered through the identified network route, determining, based on the network steering factors, which end node would have been more suited to providing the requested multimedia content for the playback session, and then transferring the requested multimedia content to the determined end node for provisioning during subsequent playback sessions. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.